Rain Prints (409)
Rainy weather and atmospheric scenes (ame) in Japanese woodblock prints. Rain prints are prized for their technical virtuosity — depicting falling rain with fine carved lines and creating reflections on wet surfaces through layered printing.
Artists Known for Rain
Sudden Shower Overdue
Woodblock print
Fish Overland in Rain Diptych (20/40)
Woodblock print
April- Rain of Blossoms
Woodblock print
Garden Project - Wood, Paper, Fire and Rain - Between Vertical and Horizon
Woodblock print
Rain - 雨
Woodblock print
Fine Rain- Itosame — 糸雨
Woodblock print
Fine Rain - 糸雨
Woodblock print
Hikone Castle in Early Summer Rain
Woodblock print
Rain
Woodblock print
Willow Rain
Woodblock print
Shower in late autumn — 時雨
Woodblock print
Lake Ashinoko in rain - Hakone
Woodblock print
Yotsuya Mitsuke ukei (Rain at Yotsuya Mitsuke) / Shin Tokyo hyakkei (One Hundred New Views of Tokyo, No. 22)
Woodblock print
Heron in rain
Woodblock print
Lake Ashinoko in Rain, Hakone
1929
Color woodblock print
Rain and Moonlight at Gohonmatsu
1880
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Shower in late autumn — しぐれ
Woodblock print
Early Summer Rain, Arakawa (Samidare (Arakawa))
Samidare (Arakawa
June 1932
Color woodblock print
Rain at Ushibori (Ame no Ushibori)
Ame no Ushibori
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
Rain at Nara, the Pagoda at Kofuku Temple (Nara no ame Kofukuji no to)
Nara no ame Kofukuji no to
1951
Color woodblock print
rainy city street
Woodblock print
Unknown, Rainy Street Scene
Woodblock print
Spring Rain
春雨
1917
Color woodblock print
Summer Shower
夕立
1917
Color woodblock print
Eagle Under Rain
雨中の鷲
c. 1927
Color woodblock print
Egrets in Rain
雨中白鷺
c. 1926
Color woodblock print
Cryptomeria and Hut in Rain
20th century
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Rain at Maekawa
前川の雨
c. 1920
Color woodblock print
Rain on the Sumida River
隅田川の雨
c. 1920
Color woodblock print
Sudden Rain at Atago
愛宕のにわか雨
c. 1920
Color woodblock print
Kinokunisaka in the Rainy Season
紀国坂 梅雨
1938
Color woodblock print
Night Rain
Woodblock print
Night Rain at Maekawa
前川の夜雨
1938
Woodblock print
Pagoda in Evening Rain
Woodblock print
Pine in Rain
Woodblock print
Rain at Shuzenji
修善寺の雨
1933
Woodblock print
Rainy Evening at the Yasaka Pagoda
八坂の塔 雨の夕
1932
Color woodblock print
Rainy Night at Shinobazu Pond
不忍池の雨夜
1938
Color woodblock print
Spring Rain
Woodblock print
Spring Rain at Yushima Tenjin Shrine
湯島天神 春の雨
1935
Color woodblock print
Yomei Gate in Light Rain
陽明門 小雨
1935
Color woodblock print
Rain
雨
1929
Color woodblock print
Quiet Rain (B)
Woodblock print
Quiet Rain, Shôwa period,
Woodblock print
June; the Rainy Season
Woodblock print
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Night View of Yanagibashi Bridge in the Rain
Woodblock print
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: View of Yorozuyobashi Bridge in the Rain
Woodblock print
AMEAGARI (after the rain)
Woodblock print
HANGESHOU (after the rainy season)
Woodblock print
NIWATAZUMI (after a shower)
Woodblock print
After the Rain (38/86)
Woodblock print
Sunshine Shower
Woodblock print
No Series Rain
Woodblock print
Bijin on pleasure boat in rain storm
Woodblock print
Imperial Palace in rain
Woodblock print
Mt Arashi in Rain
Woodblock print
Rainy Street of Kyoto
Woodblock print
Rain in Miyajima
Woodblock print
Kingfisher in the rain
Woodblock print
A Bridge in the Rainy Season
Woodblock print
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Frequently Asked Questions
Rainy weather and atmospheric scenes (ame) in Japanese woodblock prints. Rain prints are prized for their technical virtuosity — depicting falling rain with fine carved lines and creating reflections on wet surfaces through layered printing.
Kawase Hasui, Shiro Kasamatsu, and Kobayashi Kiyochika are among the artists most associated with rain in our collection. Browse the full list of artists who explored this subject above.
Hanga currently catalogues 409 prints tagged with rain, spanning ukiyo-e, shin-hanga, and sōsaku-hanga traditions where applicable.